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Barbara Thorndike Wiggin Fund Portland Trust

Accepts applications Portland, Maine · EIN 016013826

Barbara Thorndike Wiggin Fund Portland Trust is a private foundation in Portland, Maine. In tax year 2025 it gave $31,810 in 8 grants; the typical grant was $3,181 and the largest $9,543. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $34,000 the year before.

63% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$32,0005$725,490
2024$34,0008$773,261
2025$31,8108$828,450

How to apply

ContactSuperintendent of Schools
28 Lincoln Sreet, Rockland, ME 04841
Phone or email(207) 785-4504
RestrictionsAssisting young women to obtain higher education. Preference is to be given to graudates of rockland high school, and knox county.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Barbara Thorndike Wiggin Fund Portland Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Maine.

StateGrantsAmount
Maine3$15,905
Massachusetts3$9,543
North Carolina1$3,181
Ohio1$3,181

Grants paid in 2025

All 8 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
University of Maine
Orono, ME
Scholarship$9,543
Endicott College
Beverly, MA
Scholarship$3,181
High Point University
High Point, NC
Scholarship$3,181
Miami University
Oxford, OH
Scholarship$3,181
Regis College
Weston, MA
Scholarship$3,181
St Joseph's College
Standish, ME
Scholarship$3,181
Simmons University
Boston, MA
Scholarship$3,181
SMCC
South Portland, ME
Scholarship$3,181

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Barbara Thorndike Wiggin Fund Portland Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Barbara Thorndike Wiggin Fund Portland Trust give?

$31,810 in tax year 2025, across 8 grants, with a typical grant of $3,181.

Who runs Barbara Thorndike Wiggin Fund Portland Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Portland Trust Co (Trustee) and Bank of America (Trustee).

What does Barbara Thorndike Wiggin Fund Portland Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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